Robert, produced in Cambridge, MA, 1971 as 'dentity Crisis,Yale Repertory Theatre, 1978 published in collections of his work.

The Nature and Purpose of the Universe, produced in Northampton, MA, 1971 then Wonder Horse Theatre, New York City, 1979 published by Dramatists Play Service (New York City), 1979

(And lyricist) Better Dead Than Sorry (music by Jack Feldman), produced in New Haven, CT, 1972 then New York City, 1973

(With Albert Innaurato) I Don't Generally Like Poetry, But Have You Read "Trees"?, produced in New Haven, CT, 1972 then Manhattan Theatre Club,1973

(With Albert Innaurato) The Life Story of Mitzi Gaynor; or, Gyp, produced in New Haven, CT, 1973

The Marriage of Bette and Boo, produced at Yale Repertory Theatre,1973 revised version, New York City, 1979 later Los Angeles Theatre Center,Los Angeles, 1989-1990 also produced at the Lillian Theatre, Hollywood, CA, 2000 then Public/Newman Theatre, 1985 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1985

(With Albert Innaurato; and lyricist) The Idiots Karamazov (musicby Jack Feldman), produced at Yale Repertory Theatre, 1974 later at the American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA, 1999-2000 published by Dramatists PlayService, 1981

Titanic, produced in New Haven, CT, 1974 then Van Dam Theatre, 1976 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1983

Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes, produced in New Haven, CT, 1975published in collections of his work.

A History of the American Film (music by Mel Marvin), produced atEugene O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Hartford, CT, 1976 then American National Theatre and Academy Theatre, New York City, 1978 published by Avon (New York City), 1978

The Vietnamization of New Jersey, produced at Yale Repertory Theatre, 1976 then New York City, 1978 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1978

Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, produced at EnsembleStudio Theatre, 1979 then Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, 1981 later WestsideArts Theatre, New York City, 1982 published by Dramatists Play Service, 1980published with The Actor's Nightmare, Dramatists Play Service, 1982 also published in various collections of his work.

The Actor's Nightmare, produced at Playwrights' Horizons Theatre,1981 then Westside Arts Theatre, 1982 produced with Melissa Cantrell's Conversations as Act 1 (Squared), Fremont Centre Theatre, Pasadena, CA, 2000 published with Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You, Dramatists Play Service, 1982 also published in various collections of his work.

Beyond Therapy, produced at Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1981 then Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1982 later Gate at the LatchmereTheatre, London, 1983 also at St. Stephen's Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1999-2000 then the Bank Street Theatre, New York City, 2000 and published by Doubleday (New York City), 1981 also published in other collections of his work.

Baby with the Bathwater, produced in New York City, 1983 AmericanRepertory Theatre, 1983-1984 then Colchester, England, 1984 and London, 1991published by Dramatists Play Service, 1984 and with Laughing Wild, Grove (New York City), 1989

Sloth, in Faustus in Hell, produced in Princeton, NJ, 1985

Laughing Wild, produced in New York City, 1987 then London, 1988 published with Baby with the Bathwater, Grove, 1989

Cardinal O'Connor and Woman Stand-Up, in Urban Blight (musical revue; based on an idea by John Tillinger; music by David Shire; lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr.), produced in New York City, 1988

(As Chris Durang) Chris Durang and Dawne (cabaret), produced at Criterion Theatre, 1990 also produced at Caroline's Comedy Club, the Bay StreetTheatre, Williamstown Cabaret, and the Triad Club.

Naomi in the Living Room, produced at Ensemble Studio Theatre, 1991

Media Amok, produced in Boston, MA, 1992

Putting It Together, produced at City Center Theatre, New York City, then Manhattan Theatre Club, both 1993

Shaken Not Stirred, produced at Fountainhead Theatre, Los Angeles,1993

Durang, Durang (sixteen short plays; includes For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls and A Stye in the Eye), produced at City Center Stage 2, then Manhattan Theatre Club, both 1994

Sex and Longing, produced at Cort Theatre, New York City, 1996

Betty's Summer Vacation, produced at Playwrights' Horizons Theatre, 1999 then Studio Theatre, Washington, DC, 2000 later produced at the StagesRepertory Theatre, Houston, TX, 2001 published by Grove, 1999

Durang by the Dozen: No Guns, No Sofas (twelve one-act plays; includes Business Lunch at the Russian Tea Room,Canker Sores and OtherDistractions,Entertaining Mr. Helms,Funeral Parlor,The Hardy Boys and the Mystery of Where Babies Come From,Joan and MaryDoe,Kitty the Waitress,Mrs. Sorken,1-900-Desperate,Woman Stand-Up, and [with Wendy Wasserstein] Medea), produced at Pantheon Theatre, New York City, 2000

Durang vs. Ives (consists of Durang's plays For Whom the Southern Bell Tolls and A Stye of the Eye and David Ives's Foreplay,or: The Art of the Fugue and The Philadelphia), produced at Blue Heron Arts Center, New York City, 2000

Summer Durang ... Some Are Not (ten short plays; includes D.M.V. Tyrant,Nina in the Morning,One Minute Play,Phyllisand Xenophia, and Women in a Playground), produced at Northwest Actors Studio, Seattle, WA, 2000

The Nature and Purpose of the Universe; Death Comes to Us All, Mary Agnes; 'dentity Crisis: Three Short Plays, Dramatists Play Service, 1979

Christopher Durang Explains It All for You (contains The Actor's Nightmare,Beyond Therapy,'dentity Crisis,The Natureand Purpose of the Universe,Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All forYou, and Titanic), Avon, 1983

Collected Works, Smith & Kraus, 1995

Twenty-Seven Short Plays, Smith & Kraus (Lyme, NH), 1995

Complete Full-Length Plays, Smith & Kraus, 1996

Work represented in anthologies, including Plays from Contemporary American Theatre, 1988.

Screenplays

(With Robert Altman) Beyond Therapy (based on Durang's play of thesame name), New World, 1987

Teleplays

Specials

Sister Mary Explains It All (based on his play Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You), Showtime, 2001

Writer for The Carol Burnett Special.

Episodic

Comedy Zone, CBS, 1984

"The Visit," Trying Times, PBS, 1987

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

American Drama, spring, 1992, pp. 26-41

American Theatre, December, 1999, p. 37

Horizon, March, 1978

Nation, April 15, 1978

New Republic, April 22, 1978

Newsweek, April 10, 1978

New York, April 17, 1978 January 19, 1981

New York Daily News, March 31, 1978

New Yorker, May 24, 1976 April 10, 1978 January 19, 1981

New York Post, March 31, 1978

New York Times, November 11, 1974 February 13, 1977 March 17, 1977March 31, 1977 May 11, 1977 August 21, 1977 June 23, 1978 December 27, 1978February 24, 1979 December 21, 1979 February 8, 1980 August 6, 1980 January 6, 1981 October 22, 1981

Time, May 23, 1977

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